Sr. Staff Software Engineer (Back-End/WordPress)

We engage the most inspired minds to do their best work wherever they work best—powering the freedom to create worldwide.

WP Engine empowers companies and agencies of all sizes to build, power, manage, and optimize their WordPress websites and applications with confidence. Serving 1.5 million customers across 150+ countries, the global technology company provides premium, enterprise-grade solutions, tools, and services, including specialized platforms for WordPress, industry-tailored eCommerce and agency solution suites, and developer-centric tools like Local, Advanced Custom Fields, and more. WP Engine’s innovative technology and industry-leading expertise are why 8% of the web visits a WP Engine-powered site daily. Learn more at wpengine.com.

What's cool about this job. 

WP Engine is on a mission to help our customers win online! Whether that’s helping an aspiring entrepreneur to turn a hobby into an online business or a multinational corporation to launch a new campaign in weeks instead of months, our platform is there to help them win — whatever that means for them.

Our vision is to be the most trusted WordPress technology company in the world. To fulfill that vision, we need your WordPress expertise to help us build compelling solutions for our customers and the WordPress community at large. 

Placing team success above individual success, our Senior Staff Engineers are expected to help grow their team by mentoring others in their development.

The day to day. 

• Work closely with Product Management, Engineering Management, and an agile development team to deliver impactful software rapidly and iteratively 

• Provide ongoing technical leadership and mentorship to your teammates and other engineers in the organization 

• Write, test, and maintain software applications that are resilient, robust, and perform at scale 

• Work closely with business partners to incrementally deliver positive customer inspired outcomes through technology 

• Constantly look for opportunities to improve operational efficiency through automation and optimization of code 

• Encourage and drive the implementation of industry leading engineering practice

Minimum qualifications: 

• 7+ years of writing software using Agile practices to deliver high quality software addressing customer needs 

• Deep understanding of the inner workings of WordPress and how users build with it

• PHP, JavaScript, TypeScript + the ability to quickly adapt to new software language requirements 

• Cloud technologies and services - GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, etc. 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, with experience working with a remote team 

• Experience working with CI/CD, testing, deployment pipelines

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$156,000.00 - $234,000.00

We believe that compensation should be reflective of the impact you have within the organization relative to the market value of your role. The estimated base salary range for this position is as listed above. Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay. Our salary ranges are determined by job role and responsibilities and level. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for salaries for the position nationwide. The actual base pay will vary based on various factors including job-related skills and individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process. Your talent acquisition partner can share more about the total rewards package at WP Engine including any additional total rewards components such as equity, variable pay plans (if applicable), and benefits during the hiring process.